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1. Corps Auxiliaire Volontaire Feminin uniform jacket worn by Nicole Widerman
2015.539.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2015.539.2
Date:
use: approximately 1939-approximately 1945
… experiences of Nicole Widerman and her family in France before, during, and after World War II and in the United States after their postwar immigration.…
2. Concentration camp uniform pants worn by Polish Jewish inmate
1996.116.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1996.116.1
Date:
use: 1944-1945
… medical degree at the University of Heidelberg. He immigrated to the United States in 1949. His parents, sisters, and brothers-in-law perished during the…
3. Concentration camp uniform cap worn by a Polish Jewish prisoner who was in several camps
2014.557.5 side a
Object | Accession Number: 2014.557.5
Date:
use: 1944 September-1945 April
…, 1947, when he boarded the Marine Marlin and immigrated to the United States. He arrived in New York on March 3. On October 25, 1947, Herman married…
4. Boy Scout uniform shirt worn in Shanghai
2000.24.35_a front
Object | Accession Number: 2000.24.35 a
Date:
approximately 1939-1948
… active in the underground British Boy Scouts and became Scout Master after the war. He immigrated to the United States in 1948, settled in San Francisco…
5. Concentration camp uniform jacket worn by Polish Jewish inmate
1996.116.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 1996.116.2
Date:
use: 1944-1945
… medical degree at the University of Heidelberg. He immigrated to the United States in 1949. His parents, sisters, and brothers-in-law perished during the…
6. Concentration camp uniform dress worn by a Jewish Czech inmate
1989.263.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.263.1
Date:
use: 1944 August-1945 April
… and Hans returned to Czechoslovakia, but decided to leave because of the Communist presence. They immigrated to Israel shortly after the country was…
7. Embroidered Ukrainian blouse worn by a Jewish woman living under an assumed identity
Object | Accession Number: 2012.243.2
Date:
use: approximately 1943-approximately 1945
… with Bricha members. They went to Italy, then left for Palestine. Palestine was ruled by the British who restricted immigration. The group was captured…
8. Dark red floral head covering worn by a Jewish woman living under an assumed identity
Object | Accession Number: 2012.243.3
Date:
use: approximately 1943-approximately 1945
… with Bricha members. They went to Italy, then left for Palestine. Palestine was ruled by the British who restricted immigration. The group was captured…
9. Concentration camp uniform jacket worn by a Polish Jewish prisoner who was in several camps
Object | Accession Number: 2014.557.4
Date:
use: 1944 September-1945 April
…, 1947, when he boarded the Marine Marlin and immigrated to the United States. He arrived in New York on March 3. On October 25, 1947, Herman married…
10. Concentration camp uniform cap worn by a Jewish Latvian prisoner
2003.174.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.174.2
Date:
use: approximately 1944 October-1945 February
… Freimann in September 1946, and made plans to immigrate to Palestine. When their first son, Joszua, was born in 1947, they decided to immigrate to North…
11. Concentration camp uniform pants worn by a Polish Jewish prisoner who was in several camps
Object | Accession Number: 2014.557.3
Date:
use: 1944 September-1945 April
…, 1947, when he boarded the Marine Marlin and immigrated to the United States. He arrived in New York on March 3. On October 25, 1947, Herman married…
12. Long underwear worn by a Jewish Polish partisan in the Soviet Army
2003.193.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.193.4
Date:
use: approximately 1944
… Belarus), to Iude and Iachil Slodovnik. Fruma had five brothers and one sister. Rubin’s sister immigrated to the United States. Rubin considered emigration…
13. British Army paratrooper's jacket worn in combat by a German Jewish refugee
Object | Accession Number: 2012.478.2
Date:
manufacture: 1944
use: 1944-1945
… increased, Moritz began moving his money out of the country. In 1936, Karl immigrated to Palestine. In spring 1938, Moritz helped the Lamm family immigrate…
14. Child’s coat purchased by Dr. Henry Kupfer for his daughter, Tamara Kupferblum
2018.498.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.498.1
Date:
acquired: 1939-1945
…-Jews. Later in 1946, Chil relocated to Berlin, Germany, to work as a doctor in a displaced persons camp while waiting to immigrate to the US. On…
15. Concentration camp uniform dress with number 94593 worn by a German Jewish inmate
1994.24.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1994.24.1
Date:
use: 1943 April-1945 January
…, Rosa wanted to immigrate to the US. She contacted Max Berger, Hannah’s great uncle, to ask for affidavits. Max only agreed to sponsor Manfred. Manfred…
16. Blue and white dress worn by a rescued hidden child
Object | Accession Number: 2005.290.2
Date:
use: 1943-1948
…, they were not related. One year later, the family immigrated to Israel. Sabina’s name was now Ina Goszczewski. Her adoptive parents never spoke to Sabina…
17. US Army regulation uniform with a 63rd infantry sleeve patch worn by a Jewish soldier
2011.447.2 a front
Object | Accession Number: 2011.447.11.2 a-c
Date:
use: approximately 1943 June-approximately 1945 May
… born on March 24, 1873, in Kletsk, Belarus, to Jacob and Rivka Bearg Koolesh (later Cooley). He had two brothers and a sister. His family immigrated to…
18. Concentration camp uniform cap worn by a Polish Jewish inmate
1993.159.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 1993.159.3
Date:
use: approximately 1940-1945 May
…, where she had a better chance of immigrating to Palestine or the United States. Mieczyslaw went to Poland with Maria and helped her regain custody of her…
19. Concentration camp uniform jacket worn by a Polish Jewish inmate
1991.112.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1991.112.1
Date:
issue: 1942 December 17
use: 1942 December 17-1945 May 06
… by American soldiers in May. Uscher had immigration papers and a sponsor in the United States. On September 28, 1946, Lonia married Uscher. On November…
20. Concentration camp uniform pants with red triangle patch worn by Polish Jewish inmate
1993.159.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1993.159.1
Date:
use: approximately 1940-1945 May
…, where she had a better chance of immigrating to Palestine or the United States. Mieczyslaw went to Poland with Maria and helped her regain custody of her…